New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday told the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to implement its final directions on front-of-the-pack warning labels in their "true spirit" and within the prescribed timeline, asking the regulator not to disappoint the court.

"On the day when the matter comes up for reporting compliance, do not disappoint us. We expect the authority to comply [with] each and everything in the larger interest of the nation," the two-judge bench said while concluding the hearing on a petition seeking mandatory warning labels on packaged food products.

However, the bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K. Vinod Chandran reserved its order for final directions.

The court heard arguments on se...